Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe has been granted an administrative bail after five days in DSS custody. The Special Adviser to Abaribe on Media, Mr Uche Awom, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. He said Abaribe, who is the Chairman of the South East Senators Forum, was released at about 6.32 p.m. “Sen. […]
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The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has described the re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari as a welcome development as the rebirth of Biafra will happen under him. Buhari announced on Monday that he will be seeking re-election in office during the 2019 elections. In a statement on Tuesday, Emma Powerful, IPOB spokesman, said the […]
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The Federal Government on Tuesday, re-arraigned Bright Chimezie, Chidiebere Onwudiwe, Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi, members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on an amended three-count charge. Their re-arraignment was sequel to the severance of their trial from that of Nnamdi Kanu, whose whereabout has been unknown since Sept. 2017. When the matter was […]
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Uchechi Kanu, wife of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has accused the Nigerian Army of knowing her husband’s whereabouts. She told the Igbo service of the BBC in London that the Army was holding him in custody. She stated that she was not aware if he was dead or […]
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A federal high court in Abuja has affirmed the proscription of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Governors of the south-east had proscribed the group and branded it a terrorist organisation. Subsequently, the federal government outlawed the group and proscribed its activities in every part of the country. Abubakar Malami, minister of justice, had filed […]
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The Anambra State Police Command on Thursday said it arrested two suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, for printing seditious materials in Onitsha. “We recovered thousands of pamphlets printed by the IPOB members who were planning to distribute same to the public in order to cause apprehension and prevent people from exercising […]
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The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has asked the federal government and Igbo leaders to produce Nnamdi Kanu “dead or alive” or have themselves to blame. Kanu has not been seen in public since soldiers of the Nigerian army invaded his Abia residence during the Operation Python Dance exercise. On Sunday, the group renewed the […]
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Anthony Ogbizi, commissioner of police in Abia state, says lethal weapons, including petrol bombs and one double-barrel gun, were recovered during last Sunday’s raid on the residence of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Ogbizi said this on Thursday during an interactive session with reporters in Umuahia, the state capital. He said […]
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In his Independence day broadcast, President Muhammadu Buhari recalled his days in the army and cautioned the “hot-headed” youth calling for the dismemberment of the country. He noted that most of those calling for the division were not born during the tragic civil war, which led to the loss of two million lives. “As a young […]
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The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has thanked Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere for speaking up against Operation Python Dance. The army had said it launched the operation in the south-eastern region of the country to curb kidnapping and other crimes. But IPOB disagreed, alleging that the operation was targeted at Nnamdi Kanu, the group’s leader, […]
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